[antiwar-van] National Day of Action Against Jason Kenney - July 24th!

[Harsha W.]

- mark the date. please forward widely -

http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=2025

P.E.O.P.L.E.S   M.A.R.C.H   A.G.A.I.N.S.T   J.A.S.O.N   K.E.N.N.E.Y

* Actions and events also in MONTREAL, HALIFAX, WINNIPEG, and TORONTO
(details below)

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Saturday July 24th at 2 pm
Central Park, right outside Patterson Skytrain Station, Burnaby
Snacks will be served. Bring your family, friends, and banners.

Endorsers list below, to endorse email noii-van at resist.ca
Leaflets & multilingual factsheets: http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=2034
RSVP:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128201047199876
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“I plead guilty. I am a racist” - Jason Kenney, Montreal 2009.

Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney is
known as the Minister of Censorship and Deportation because of his record
as one of the most repressive immigration ministers in Canadian history.
Deportations have increased, while the number of people accepted as
refugees and sponsored family members have drastically dropped. Instead,
Kenney has increased the number of temporary workers who are constantly
exploited for their labour. His new refugee bill creates a racist two tier
system based on nationality, and he has called a wide range of migrants -
from Mexicans to the War Resisters “bogus”. Under his regime, an Eritrean
refugee committed suicide from fear of a pending deportation, and a young
woman was murdered upon her deportation to Mexico.

Kenney is also a staunch supporter of imperialism, stifling anti war
voices such as George Galloway and the Canadian Arab Federation. Kenney’s
neoconservative values are obvious in his comments and actions: pulling
Canada out of the Durban World Conference Against Racism; introducing a
citizenship guide that omits the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans
and queer (LGBTQ) communities; defending Quebec Bill C 94 that
discriminates against women who wear the niqab; and stating that
immigrants are not integrating well into (colonial) Canada.

Join the People’s March Against Jason Kenney on July 24th to demand an END
to censorship of dissenting voices. An END to detentions and deportations.
An END to the exploitation of temporary migrant workers. An END to
military occupations from Afghanistan to Palestine. An END to
discrimination against women, LGBTQ communities, immigrants, and
racialized people.

We are rising out of schools, neighbourhoods, and workplaces to reject
Kenney's agenda; join this grassroots movement and rise up with us!

The People v. Kenney
Freedom to move
Right to stay, and to Return
We are many.

ENDORSED BY: Alliance for People’s Health, Anti-Poverty Committee,
Association of Chinese Canadians for Equality and Solidarity Society,
Battered Women's Support Services, BC Committee for Human Rights in the
Philippines, Bolivia Solidarity Committee, Boycott Israeli Apartheid
Campaign, Building Bridges Human Rights- Vancouver, Bus Riders Union,
Canada Palestine Association, Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human
Rights, Canadian Islamic Congress, Check Your Head, Citywide Housing
Coalition, Coalition of South Asian Women Against Violence, Comuna of the
Popular Indigenous Council of Oaxaca, Council of Canadians –
Delta/Richmond Chapter, Council of Canadians – Vancouver/Burnaby Chapter,
East Van Abolitionists, Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance, Filipino Nurses
Support Group, Food Not Bombs, Fraser Valley Peace Council, Friends of
Women in the Middle East Society, Grassroots Women, Greater Vancouver
Japanese Canadian Citizens Association Human Rights Committee, Impact on
Communities Coalition, Indigenous Action Movement, Industrial Workers of
the World, International Federation of  Iranian Refugees, International
Solidarity Movement – Vancouver, Iran Solidarity Vancouver, Justice for
Girls, Justice for Migrant Workers, Network of Sri Lankan Law Students,
Migrante BC, Next Up Vancouver, Oil Sands Truth, Organizing Centre for
Social and Economic Justice, Philippine Women Centre, Press Release
Collective, Progressive Nepali Forum in Americas, Purple Thistle,
Rabble.ca, Radical Art In Nature, Rain Zine, Rhizome Cafe, Salaam
Vancouver, Seattle Vancouver Womyns Action Network, Sikh Activist Network
- BC, Siklab Overseas Filipinos, Simon Fraser Public Interest Research
Group, Siraat Collective, Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights,
Solidarity Notes Choir, South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy,
Stopwar.ca, Streams of Justice, Submedia, Surrey Urban Youth
Project/Transformative Communities Project Society, TarSandsArt, The
Purple Thistle Centre, Trikone-Vancouver, UBC Centre for Race
Autobiography Gender and Age, UBC Colour Connected Against Racism, UBC Law
Social Justice Action Network, UBC Social Justice Centre, Vancouver
Action, Vancouver Catholic Worker, Vancouver Community Mobilization
Network, Voice of Palestine, War Resisters Support Campaign, Workless
Party.


* TAKE ACTION!

1) Participate in the People’s March Against Kenney by organizing a march
in your city on July 24 and always confront Kenney if he rolls into your
town.

2) Download leaflets and multilingual pamphlets from
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=2034  and spread the word.

3) Plan a community forum to raise awareness about the escalating attacks
by Jason Kenney.

4)  Comment on online news stories, send a letter to the Editor, or write
your local MP regarding Kenney. Keep it short: “Minister Kenney is a
racist, anti-immigrant, war-mongering Conservative. The Minister of
Censorship and Deportation has got to go!”

5) Write Kenney at kennej at parl.gc.ca and bmq at cic.gc.ca and tell him what
you think!

* Read more about the People v. Jason Kenney Campaign:
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=1027

* For more information, email noii-van at resist.ca or call 778 885 0040


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FIRE JASON KENNEY!

A Panel Discussion on Migrant Justice, Anti-Occupation and the
Neoconservative Threat

Tuesday July 27
6pm-8pm
Halifax North Memorial Library
2285 Gottingen Street

Featured Topics & Speakers Include (Others TBA):

The Niqab and Bill 94 - Azza Anis - Professor of Gender & Women's Studies
at SMU

Migration & Global Apartheid - David Parker - CKDU journalist, solidarity
activist and member of NOII-Halifax

Palestinian Solidarity - Judy Haiven - Professor of Management at SMU,
member of  Canadians, Arabs and Jews for a Just Peace & Independent Jewish
Voices

War Resisters Movement - Roger Davies - Member of the war resisters
support group of the Canadian Friends Service Committee

For more information please contact: jane at nspirg.org


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An invitation from Solidarity Across Borders and No One Is Illegal
Montreal, as part of the National Day of Action against Immigration
Minister Jason Kenney

PEOPLES’ PICNIC IN PARK ATHENA (Parc-Extension)
corner Jean-Talon and de l'Épée
SATURDAY JULY 24TH, 2010
3 PM-7 PM

rain plan to be confirmed, keep in touch

*Free meal
*Kidz Activities
*Pinata
*DJs

&

Speak Out Against Immigration Canada
All are welcome!

Every day, hundreds of migrants across the city of Montreal face
deportation and detention, dangerous work, exploitative living conditions
and the dehumanizing fear and anxiety brought on by Immigration Canada's
unjust, colonial and racist policies.

Every day, non-status migrants walk into hospitals, clinics, schools,
shelters and food banks seeking the basic services to which every one of
us is entitled, only to find out they are denied access.

These are our neighbours, our colleagues, our classmates. These are people
whose only "crime" was to migrate to seek a better life for themselves and
their families.

On July 24th, Solidarity Across Borders invites you to a free meal and
speak out against Immigration Canada. Together, we will share experiences,
stories of previous battles and victories, good food and nice weather. We
invite you to join us, as we gather to break the isolation forced on
migrant and refugee communities.

July 24th is also a National Day of Action against Immigration Minister
Jason Kenney and is an occasion to highlight his repressive track record.
Under Kenny, deportations have increased and numbers of people accepted as
refugees and sponsored family members has dropped. He has increased the
number of temporary foreign workers, who are constantly exploited for
their labour. Kenney's new refugee reform bill will create an even more
racist and two-tier immigration system, in which migrants will be accepted
or refused based on nationality.

Join us!

** No borders, no nations, stop the deportations!
** No One is Illegal!

Info: solidaritesansfrontieres at gmail.com // 514 848-7583

About Solidarity Across Borders: Solidarity Across Borders is a
Montreal-based network of migrants, refugees and allies. We fight for an
end to all deportations and detentions, and for a full regularization
program for all non-status migrants in Canada - Status for All! In 2005,
we marched for 7 days from Montreal to Ottawa in defense of these demands.
In 2009, we launched a campaign called "Solidarity City" for full and just
access to basic services regardless of immigration status. We organize
pickets, demonstrations, community suppers, activities for children and
support individuals and families who are facing the system on a daily
basis.


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UNITED WE FIGHT, DIVIDED WE FALL

The People's Forum on Migrant Justice in Winnipeg,MB

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A speakers panel on current migrants and refugees issues within our city
-to coincide with the National Day of Action Against Jason Kenney.

Saturday July 24th at 4 pm
Mondragon, on 91 Albert Street right off of Old Market Square, Winnipeg

Speakers T.B.A.
Live music by artists of colour.
Bring your family, friends, and children.
Child minding service will be available.

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135838539780730
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Details forthcoming. Stayed tuned.